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Postnominal adjectives in Spanish DPs1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Ignacio Bosque  and
Carme Picallo
Ignacio Bosque
Affiliation:
Universidad Complutense, Madrid and Universitat Autònoma, Barcelona
Carme Picallo
Affiliation:
Universidad Complutense, Madrid and Universitat Autònoma, Barcelona
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Starting from the traditional distinction between R(elational) and Q(ualifying) adjectives, we divide the former into two major subclasses: Th(ematic) and C(lassificatory) adjectives. This distinction has effects on semantic interpretation and word order. Th-adjectives obey the thematic hierarchy and C-adjectives follow patterns of subclassification of objects in different domains. R-adjectives are maximal projections mapped into specifier positions. Spanish, contrary to English, has overt raising for gender and number checking on the noun and the adjectives. R-adjectives are argued to form syntactic clusters by a series of adjunctions that satisfy antisymmetric c-command requirements and minimality constraints on movement.

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Journal of Linguistics , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , September 1996 , pp. 349 - 385
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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